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In reply to the discussion: If you hate Hugo Chavez, then FIGHT what created him-U.S. imperialism in the Americas. [View all]truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)26. And many Americans who only care about democracy inside the US
wouldn't recognize it if they fell over it.
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If you hate Hugo Chavez, then FIGHT what created him-U.S. imperialism in the Americas. [View all]
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
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Morales and Vasquez(and also Correa of Ecuador) are hated by the same people who hate Chavez.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#2
Glad to hear it. If you get that, you aren't the sort of person this thread is aimed at.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#10
The best thing anyone could do who feels deep rancor is to actually learn LatAm history.
Judi Lynn
Mar 2013
#6
A lot of Americans just mindlessly repeat what they hear and see in the media
Lydia Leftcoast
Mar 2013
#14
I have no problem with Chavez, I have a Lot of problems with some U.S. warmongering shitbags.
Whisp
Mar 2013
#15
Exactly so. From the "Banana Wars" of the late 19th - early 20th centuries through our despicable
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#16
anyone who smells sulphur when speaking of Bush the Lesser is okay in my books. n/t
Whisp
Mar 2013
#17
America's record in central and south America is dismal, for sure . . . But:
MrModerate
Mar 2013
#20